At one of the meetings, the Russian Foreign Minister was holding not the iPhone familiar to many officials, but the Huawei P60 Pro. The Russian Foreign Ministry explained that Lavrov had abandoned Apple technology.
Sergey Viktorovich has long abandoned the iPhone. He changed it to a device from another manufacturer
In the summer of 2023, the Russian FSB reported that a vulnerability was discovered in Apple phones, which US intelligence agencies use to spy on users. Against this background, many Russian departments recommended that their employees not use iPhones for work purposes. Even some Kremlin employees followed the recommendations. However, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov has not yet been able to abandon the iPhone.
It is known that the deputy of the State Duma Security Committee, Anatoly Vyborny, sent a letter to the name of the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Grigorenko, in which he proposed to introduce a ban for civil servants to use foreign messengers even for personal purposes.
In particular, this applies to employees who have access to secret documents. Vyborny recalled that it is through messengers that criminals can hack a phone and gain access to confidential information.
As an alternative, you can use Telegram, which is considered a Russian development. The share of the messenger in Russia is constantly growing.